The Perception & Action Podcast

By Rob GraySports Science Social Sciences

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September 23, 2025 550 – Books, books, and more books. Webinars, workshops, and responses to YouTube comments!
A smorgasbord of stuff to celebrate my 550th episode "milestone"! 3 new books!! A webinar and workshop. Ways to organize a workshop. And having some fun with YouTube comments.

Books: Enhancing skill in American football: Revolutionizing practice design for transfer to game day

The advanced ecological approach to skill development

Constraints-Led Approach to Coaching Tennis

Webinars & Workshops:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ecological-approach-to-sc-and-agility-training-tickets-1683368463389?aff=oddtdtcreator

https://www.wctc.edu/WCTC/Academics/Continuing-Education/Law-Enforcement-Training-Courses/Training-Description?class=2929

Police Workshops Preview: https://youtu.be/b0Vh_P25IY8?si=aO51HsPPNb98sV7O

Book a workshop with me! Contact: [email protected]

http://perceptionaction.com/

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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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27 min
September 16, 2025 549 – Enhancing Skill in American Football, Shawn Myszka
I am joined by Shawn Myszka from Emergence to talk about our newly released book (w// Tyler Yearby) - Enhancing skill in American football: revolutionizing practice design for transfer to game day. Articles:Enhancing skill in American football: Revolutionizing practice design for transfer to game day http://perceptionaction.com/
My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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43 min
September 09, 2025 548 – Focus of Attention, the Structure of Variability & Placebo Effects
A look at a couple studies examining the effect of focus of attention on performance. How does focus of attention affect good and bad movement variability? Does it alter placebo effects?

Articles:
Changing one's focus of attention alters the structure of movement variability The placebo effect in the motor domain is differently modulated by the external and internal focus of attention
More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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14 min
August 12, 2025 547 – How Effective are Coaches at Designing and Adapting Practice in the CLA?
How effective are coaches at designing and adapting constraints? Which has more impact: manipulating informational/verbal constraints or other (physical) task constraints? Articles:The influence of coaches' intervention on the technical-tactical performance dynamics of young soccer players http://perceptionaction.com/
My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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14 min
August 05, 2025 546 – How Do Nonlinear & Linear Training Influence the Quantity and Quality of Search for a Movement Solution
How does the quality and quantity of search for a movement solution differ for linear and nonlinear training approaches? Is it the case that linear approaches restrict the development of functional movement variability? Is there any case for ever using a linear approach? Links:The influence of linear and nonlinear pedagogies on movement exploration of a weightlifting skill http://perceptionaction.com/
My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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19 min
July 29, 2025 545 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 13 and 14 (JC52)
On another edition of the Perception-Action journal club, I am joined by Andrew Wilson and Marianne Davies to discuss chapters 13 and 14 from Michael Turvey's book "Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective" Links:https://www.amazon.com/Lectures-Perception-Perspective-Michael-Turvey/dp/1138335266 http://perceptionaction.com/
My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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1 hr 9 min
July 22, 2025 544 – My Next Book – The Advanced Ecological Approach to Skill Development: Getting More Out of the CLA
A few personal updates and a preview of my next book: The Advanced Ecological Approach to Skill Development: Getting More Out of the CLA

Links:https://perceptionaction.com/book/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)

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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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16 min
July 15, 2025 543 – Why Do We Lose Calibration of Perceptual-Motor Skill so Quickly and What Can We Do About It?
Revisiting the topic of calibration in direct learning, with a specific focus on why we lose calibration when not practicing. The blessing and curse of having a high learning rate.

Articles:Better with each throw—a study on calibration and warm-up decrement of real-time consecutive basketball free throws in elite NBA athletes A serial-position curve in high-performance darts: the effect of visuomotor calibration on throwing accuracy Why Professional Athletes Need a Prolonged Period of Warm-Up and Other Peculiarities of Human Motor Learning

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)

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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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14 min
July 08, 2025 542 – Training to Maintain, Skill Retention & Decay
How quickly does a skill decay if we don't practice? How does it depend on factors such as complexity? What are the best ways to maintain skill?

Articles:Procedural skill retention and decay: A meta-analytic review. An extended challenge-based framework for practice design in sports coaching

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)

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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
14 min
July 01, 2025 541 – Task Simplification, Simplexity & Further Evidence Against the Need for Fundamentals
What is Simplexity? How does it relate to Task Simplification? And a look at another study providing evidence against the fundamentals first approach.
Articles:The impact of task simplification in skill acquisition for young children from a simplexity approach
My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)

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Support the podcast and receive bonus content

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
21 min

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Exploration of how psychological research can be applied to improving performance, accelerating skill acquisition and designing new technologies in sports and other high performance domains. Hosted by…